St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-07
THEIR FIRST DECISION.
The Interstate Commissioners Make an
Exception on Behalf Of the South
ern Roads,
And Suspend the Provisions of the Long
and Short Haul Clause in
Their Favor.
The Toledo, Cincinnati e. ST. Louis
the Subject of Complicated
Litigation.
All the Railroads in This CITY Are
Now Selling Second Glass
Tickets.

WHsHINGToN,-April 6.-The interstate
commerce commission has made the follow
ing ruling:
At the session of said commission, held at
the rooms in the city of Washington, on the
9Th day of April, 1887, the matter of the petit
ton of the Southern Railroad and Steamship
association; Application having been made
to the interstate commission under section
Of the act of congress, entitled ian act to
regulate commerce" by the Southern Railroad
and Steamship association, an organization
composed of the following railroad COM
pauies, lines and systems and steamship lines
operated in connection herewith, to-wlt:
Alabama Great Southern railroad; Atlantic
d West Point railroads; Central Rail
road of Georgia; Cincinnati, New
Orleans & Texas Pacific railroad;
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia railroad;
Georgia railroad; Georgia Pacific railroad;
Louisville n Nashville railroad, Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad; Port Royal
4 Augusta railroad; Richmond & Dauville
railroad: Rome railroad; Savannah, Griffin &
North Alabama railroad; Seaboard Roam
oke railroad; South Carolina railroad; South
& North Alabama railroad; Western Rail
road of Alabama; Western Atlantic rail-
road; Atlantic Coast Line system: Baltimore.
Chesapeake Richmond Steamboat company;
Boston & Savannah Steamboat company:
Clyde Steam lines; Merchants and Miners
Transportation company; New York "
Charleston Steamship company; Ocean
Steamship company; Old Dominion Steam
ship company, common carriers subject to
the provisions of said act, for authority to
charge less for longer than for shorter dis
tauces in certain cases, that is to say, for the
TRANSPORTATION OF PROPERTY
from and to Boston. Providence, Philadelphia,
BALTIMORE, Alexandria, Cincinnati, Jefferson
Vile. Louisville, Hickman, KY; Columbus,
KY; East Cairo. KY; Cairo. Ills. Hender-
son. KY: Evansville, Ind; st. Louis and
points northery therefrom 10 and from
Lynchburg, Va; Dauvile, Va; Strasburg,
Va; Norfolk, Va; Portsmouth, Va; Paint
Rock, N c.; Wilmington, n. c.: Charleston,
S. c.; Savannah, Ga; Brunswick, Ga; Col
umbia, 5. c.; Greenwood. S. c.; Laurens, S.
c.; Spartansburg, S. c.; Greenville, s. c.;
Anderson. S. c.: Macon, Ca; Milledge-
vile, Ga; Athens, Ca GAINESVILLE,
ton. Ga; Cedartown, Ga; Chattanooga,
Tenn; Gadsen, Ala, Columbus, Ga; Al
bany, Ca; Fort Gains, Ca. Eufala, Ala;
Opelika Ala; West Point, Ga; Montgomery,
Ala; Selma, Ala; Birmingham, Ala; An
niston. Ala; Mobile. Ala; New Orleans:
Pensacola, Fla; Fernandina, Fla; Gaines
vile, Fla: Baldwin, Fla; Callahan, Fla;
Meridian Miss; Jackson, Miss; Vicks burg,
Miss. Memphis. Tenn: Nashville, Tenn,
and points southerly therefrom, and from
and to said last-named points, each with the
other so far as the same are situated in diff
from and to the same points to and from local
points intermediate to the points last enumer-
ated over the same lines; and certain of said
railroad companies, lines and systems having
also severally made applications for
like authority, so far as said points
are reached by them respectively,
and said common carriers having presented
as a reason for granting the application the
existence of water and other compel tion,
claiming that the same cannot be met, except
by maintaining the rates heretofore estab-
lished to and from the said points, which are
alleged to be too low to enable said common
carriers to carry on business if applied TO
said local intermediate points; and further,
claiming that
GREAT DISTURBANCE OF BUSINESS
will occur if present traffic arrangements and
rates are Immediately changed and it ap-
pearing to the commission after investiga-
ton of the said petition and the facts pre-
sented in support thereof to be proper case
for q temporary order authorizing existing
rates to be maintained for the time being,
uutil the commission can make complete
examination Of the matters alleged in said
petition as reasons for relieving said common
carriers from the operation of said section Of
said act; it is ordered that the said applca-
ton be and the same hereby is granted tenn
pOrariy, subj ect to modification or revocation
by the commission at any time upon hearing or
otherwise, and the said common carriers are
hereby temporarily relieved from the opera
ton of the fourth section of said act to the
extent specified in the recitals of this order
and for period not greater than ninety days
from this date: subject, however, to the re-
striction that none of the said common car
rierS, while this order remains in force, shall
in any case charge or receive compensation
for the transportation of property, between
stations on their respective lines, where more
is charged for a shorter than for a longer
haul. which shall be greater than the rates in
force and charged and received by said car
riers on the 31st day of March, 1887, schedules
of which have been filed with the commission.
1t is made further condition of this order
that a printed copy or copies shall be forth
with
PUBLICLY POSTED
and kept with the schedule of rates, fares and
charges at every station upon the lines of
said common carriers where such schedule is
by law required to be posted and kept for the
use of the public. And it is further ordered
that the commission convene at Atlanta, Ca,
on the Goth day of April, 1887, at o'clock p.
M, and thereafter at Mobile, Ala, on April
20, at New Orleans on May 2,and at Memphis,
Tenn, on May 4. for the consideration of the
subject matter of SAID petition, at which
places and times said common carriers. or any
of them, may appear and present application
for said relief with evidence in support
thereof, which applications in each case must
show the precise relief desired, the facts
upon which the same is claimed and the ex-
tent to which relief from the operation of
said section of said act is asked for. And at
the same places and times any persons in
terested in opposing any such applica ton
may also appear and be heard, and at any
time prior TO May 6, 1887, the commission will
receive written or printed communications in
support of or in opposition to the relief asked
by said petitions. This announcement re-
specting time and places of hearing, and
methods OF procedure. is subject to change
Dr. enlargement, in the discretion of the COM
mission. For the commission.
T. NJ. COOLEY, Chairman.